NYC Street Vendors Serve as Eyes and Ears for Police in Bomb Scare

Jackson has held political positions before in other states, but he says his experience the night he helped thwart the Times Square bomb plot encouraged him to run in New York.

The 59-year-old Westchester man is a Navy veteran and Boston University graduate. He plans to challenge Rep. Nan Hayworth in the 19th Congressional District, comprised of parts of Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Dutchess counties and all of Putnam County.